Robert Folz (12 March 1910 – 5 March 1996) was a French

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and specialist on the Carolingian era. Born in Metz, Folz spent his academic career at the

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. Professor of history from 1947, he headed the

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department as

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and

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from 1968, and the faculty of arts from 1978. From 1956 he was a member of the Academy of Science, Arts, and Belles-lettres of Dijon. His papers are held, as the ''Fonds Robert Folz'', by the University of Burgundy.

Select bibliography

* ''Le souvenir et la légende de Charlemagne dans l'Empire germanique médiéval.'' (1950) * ''The concept of empire in Western Europe from the fifth to the fourteenth century.'' (1953, translation published 1969) * ''The coronation of Charlemagne. 25 December 800.'' (1964, translation published 1974) * ''Les saints rois du Moyen Âge en Occident, (VIe-XIIIe siècles).'' (1984) * ''Les saintes reines du Moyen Âge en Occident (VIe-XIIIe siècles).'' (1992)

References

* Pierre Riché, ''Dictionnaire des Francs: Les Carolingiens,'' s.v. "Folz (Robert)". Bartillat, 1997. French medievalists 1910 births 1996 deaths 20th-century French historians French male non-fiction writers University of Burgundy alumni 20th-century French male writers Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy {{France-historian-stub